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Do You Rmember Your First Paying Job?

For some reason, not long ago, I was thinking about my first "real" job. Technically, that would have been my paper route when I was twelve and living in Cambridge, Ohio. But, that isn't the one that came to mind. Rather it was my first job in radio, one set my path for the next 36 years. 

I was so focused on what I wanted to do with my life I was willing to take on absolutely anything to make my dream come true. Whenever I could convince my mom to give me a ride, I would visit a very small, very unsuccessful radio station that was in a two story, cinder block building, at the end of a seldom-used road about 25 minutes from our home.

It was sitting beside a small river that tended to flood every spring. Poor construction meant the radio station's lower floor flooded, too. I remember the handful of employees, in boots, and galoshes, swishing around in several inches of water. Luckily, the actual studios and transmitter, the parts with all the electricity, were up one floor, but, still...

After several pestering visits, the manager agreed to allow me to be a once-a-week janitor. This was an unpaid position, but I eagerly accepted since I could now have a reason to be there. I had just turned 15 so I could drive myself to "work"  with my learner's permit (as long as it wasn't after sunset). I was all grown up. 

Mopping floors, throwing out the trash, and running errands for the announcers occupied my time. Sometimes I had to help bail out the bottom floor or move papers and files out of the flood water's way. Eventually, my presence lead to a chance to audition for an on-air opening. I got it. I was a 16 year old untrained kid  but I was willing work for virtually nothing after school and weekends. Since very few people actually listened to this station, there was little risk to the owner. I hung around the station even when I wasn't being paid, doing newscasts and playing taped programs.

After a few years of learning how not to embarrass myself and others, I moved on to a bigger station until college pulled me out of the area.

The river that would flood the radio station basement

Eventually, that old studio was abandoned when the station moved to another part of town, changed owners and call letters. What was left burned to the ground sometime later. 

Amazingly, I found this picture of where that little station once was. The radio tower is still standing but nothing else.

The apartment buildings were added well after my time.

All of this was over 50 years ago, yet I can still remember the people, the studio, my first real job, and the thrill of being "on the radio."

How about you? Do you remember your first paying job, the one that told the world you were here? Was it a good experience, or one you try to forget? What did you learn about yourself and the world of work?

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